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Brit. /mɑːst/, /mast/, U.S. /mæst/
Forms: Old English–early Middle English mæst, early Middle English meæst, Middle English–1500s maste, Middle English– mast; Scottish pre-1700 maist, pre-1700 maste, pre-1700 mayst, pre-1700 1700s– mast.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch mast (Dutch mast), Middle Low German mast ( > Icelandic mastur, Norwegian mast, (Nynorsk) master, Swedish mast, Danish mast), Old High German mast (Middle High German mast, German Mast), and perhaps ultimately with classical Latin mālus pole, mast, Early Irish mátan, Early Irish maide club.The Germanic word > post-classical Latin mastus (8th cent. in the Reichenau Glosses; 13th cent. in British sources, probably < Middle English or Anglo-Norman), Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French mast (c1100; French mât), Old Occitan, Occitan mast, Occitan mat. Spanish mástil (1587; earlier †maste (a1260), †mástel (14th cent.)), and Portuguese masto (13th cent.) are loans < Old French.
1.
a. An upright pole or spar, usually raked, which is fixed or stepped in the keel of a sailing ship in order to support the sails, either directly or by means of horizontal spars. Also in extended use.Frequently with distinguishing word indicating position, as fore, main, mizzenmast, etc.; construction, as telescopic, tripod mast, etc.; or parts, as top, topgallant, royal mast, etc.: for established compounds see the first element.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast
masteOE
pole?c1450
shipmast1495
mast-pole1601
pine1769
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xli. 144 Swa swa good scipstiora ongit micelne wind on hreore sæ ær ær hit geweorðe, & hæt fealdan þæt segl & eac hwilum lecgan þone mæst.
OE Beowulf 1905 Þa wæs be mæste merehrægla sum, segl sale fæst.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1100 Heo rærden heora mastes; heo wunden up seiles.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 709 (MED) Hise ship he greyþede wel inow..Þer-inne dide a ful god mast.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 617 (MED) The mast tobrak, the Seil torof, The Schip upon the wawes drof.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 150 (MED) Þen hurled on a hepe þe helme & þe sterne; Furst to-murte mony rop and þe mast after.
c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 314 She..shal hem fynde as fast As in a tempest is a roten mast.
a1500 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Cambr.) (1844) 1262 Sche askyth be what chesone he bare A schyp of golde, bothe maste and ore.
1522 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 113 Many of your shippes were disgarnysshed of their mastes, cables, ankers, and other takelyng.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 79 A small spare Mast, Such as sea-faring men prouide for stormes. View more context for this quotation
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xvi. 200 To see..The New Towne of Amsterdam, and the Forrest of Masts, which lye perpetually before her.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 293 The tallest Pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the Mast Of some great Ammiral. View more context for this quotation
1705 Boston News-let. 9 July 2/2 There was a smart Clap of Thunder and Lightning with Rain, which split the Mast and Pump of a Sloop near Charlstown Ferry.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 1039 The wounded bird..With flagging wings alighted on the mast.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1780) Ring-tail, a small triangular sail, extended on a little mast, which is occasionally erected for that purpose on the top of a ship's stern.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. ii. 21 Afar off you saw the tall masts of the fleet.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art Add. 194 To look well at the beautiful circlet of the white nettle blossom, and work out..the way it is set on its central mast.
1921 ‘K. Mansfield’ Jrnl. Sept. (1927) 190 Occasionally a squirrel appears, runs up the mast of a pine-tree.
1957 L. T. C. Rolt Isambard Kingdom Brunel xi. 214 Her original six masts, one square and the rest schooner rigged.
1998 Yachts & Yachting 12 June 105/2 (advt.) Freedom 25, fast cruiser..fully overhauled '97, hydraulic lifting keel, unstayed carbon mast.
b. With the. A ship's mainmast as the usual place of assembly for a court hearing, public sale, etc., on board ship; frequently in at the mast (also †at mast). Later also: such an assembly or hearing.admiral's mast: see the first element.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > mainmast
mainmasta1599
mast1614
middle mast1614
main1802
1614 Court Minutes E. India Co. 19 July in M. Strachan & B. Penrose E. India Co. Jrnls. Capt. W. Keeling & Master T. Bonner, 1615–17 (1971) 65 (note) Greate abuses havinge happened by sale of dead mens goods at the mast.
1684 J. Hutchinson Will in P. Earle Sailors (1998) v. 58 The rest of my Things..I desire to be sold at mast.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 273 We sold some of the Prize Goods..at the Mast, as it is called, or publick Auction.
1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxii. 157 To be brought up to the mast, is equivalent to being presented before the grand-jury.
1878 F. O. Davenport On Man-of-War 14 Brown, the ‘captain of the forecastle’, is at the mast and wishes to speak to the first lieutenant. (The mainmast is the tribunal of justice on board a man-of-war, and a man at the mast must be attended to.)
1918 F. Riesenberg Under Sail 380 What happened to him the next morning when he was brought to the mast can be imagined.
1988 Independent 25 Aug. 7/4 If he doesn't show up for the mast..there's going to be a court martial.
c. Astronomy. the Mast: (the former English name of) the southern constellation Pyxis (now called the Mariner's Compass). Now historical.
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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Pyxis
Pyxis Nautica1774
Malus1845
the Mast1883
Pyx1922
1883 J. B. Harbord Gloss. Navigation (ed. 2) 22 A very extensive constellation of the southern hemisphere, of which several parts are named, Carina, ‘the Keel’; Puppis, ‘the Poop’; Malus, ‘the Mast’; and Vela, ‘the Sails’.
1915 M. A. Orr Stars of Southern Skies ii. 7 For convenience this large constellation [sc. Argo] has been divided into four—the Keel, the Poop, the Mast, and the Sails.
1952 E. J. Webb Names of Stars v. 71 Ptolemy catalogued no fewer than forty-five stars in the group, and modern astronomers have felt compelled to split it up into lesser groups—Keel, Poop, Mast, Sails.
†2.
a. A piece of timber suitable for making into a ship's mast, spar, etc. Obsolete.hand-mast: see hand-mast n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for shipbuilding > specific
oakOE
mast1353
compass-timber1686
block1850
1353–4 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 554 Repar. Domor. In..sarracione I Mast apud Jarowe.
1407–8 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. cxi (MED) Item, in j mast et firrsparrs et estlandburds emptis.
1496 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 183 ij mastes to make a newe Mayne yarde for the seyd Ship.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. vii. 76 The burgionyt treys on burd thai bring for aris, Weltis down in woddis gret mastis.
1568–9 in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) II. 284 One shippe of Brydges [sc. Bruges] in Flanders, in the which is mastes, clappe-borde, deel-bordes.
1624 Brief Declar. Plantation Virginia in Col. Rec. Virginia (1874) 70 Imployed in cuttinge downe of masts, cedar, blacke wallnutt, clapboarde.
1765 R. Rogers Conc. Acct. N. Amer. 50 The chief commodities exported from this province are, masts for the Royal navy, staves, boards [etc.].
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 484 From Riga a great deal of timber is received under the name of masts and spars: the former are usually 70 or 80 feet in length, and from 18 to 25 inches diameter; when of less diameter they take the latter name.
b. Scottish. A pole or length of timber, as used in the construction of various articles, for scaffolding, etc. Obsolete.
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1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 121 For tua rede burdounis maid of tua mastis.
1539–41 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 290 For twa mastis to be ane hek and menger to the gelding stable.
1560–1 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 123 For ane jc doubill garron naill to the mast and scaffetting to the windois.
3. An upright pole or similar vertical structure resembling a ship's mast, esp. one supporting a flag, lightning conductor, broadcasting aerial, etc.; such a pole or structure forming part of a building, crane, etc. Also: a construction, often taking the form of a latticework tower or tripod, erected on a ship for various purposes, such as radio transmission, etc.In technical use sometimes: spec. one with a narrow base and supported by rigging, as distinct from a self-supporting pole or tower.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long, narrow and straight object > tall and vertical
mast1544
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment
plummet?1537
springboard?1780
horse1785
trampoline1798
club1815
gallows1817
Indian club1825
rope1825
horizontal bar1827
trapeze1830
vaulting bar1839
parallel bars1850
wooden horse1854
trapezium1856
giant stride1863
ring1869
vaulting horse1875
mast1880
fly-pole1884
pommel1887
Roman ring1894
mat1903
wall bar1903
pommel horse1908
buck1932
pommel vault1932
landing mat1941
rebounder1980
1544 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 197 The consell ordanit to lok and chenze the hawin mowcht wytht maystis and takkillis of irne.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 513 We passe by severall tall Masts, set up, to guide Those who travell [in the Alps].
?1762 B. Franklin Let. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 442 The best method of securing a powder magazine from lightning..I think they cannot do better than to erect a mast not far from it.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 350/2 The horizontal bar, the bridge ladder..and the mast..permit of a great variety of exercises.
1886 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 222 The vistas of lamp-posts, electric-light masts, and telegraph poles.
1914 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. xiv. 189 The aerial to be supported by ten tubular steel masts each 300 feet high.
1931 J. de la Cierva & D. Rose Wings of Tomorrow 110 A sort of whipping action of the rotor blades [of a helicopter] which jerked at the mast as they turned in their circle.
1991 Constr. News 14 Feb. 16/4 There is no need to fill holes in floor slabs left behind by the tower crane's mast.

Phrases

P1.
before (also afore) the mast now historical in the forecastle in front of the foremast on a sailing ship, where ordinary seamen are berthed; (hence) serving as an ordinary seaman. [Earlier currency of a similar expression in Anglo-Norman is suggested by the surname Walterus devand le Mast (c1200).]
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1480 R. Cely Let. 12 Dec. in Cely Lett. (1975) 102 Aull iij sortys lyes togyddyr whon wyth anothyr befor the maste wndyr the hachys.
1613 W. Welwood Abridgem. Sea-lawes vi. 20 His charge is to command all before the mast.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 The Boatswaine, and all the Yonkers or common Sailers vnder his command is to be before the Mast.
1746 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 591/1 The hands chopt in the laborious exercise of ropes.., and the rugged visage imbrown'd by the various changes of weather were not, in those days, to be found only before the mast.
1786 R. Burns Poems 183 So, took a birth afore the mast, An' owre the sea.
1840 R. Dana (title) Two years before the mast.
1921 G. C. Borley Lost Horizon i. iv. 50 I started afore the mast when I was fourteen, 'ardly, and been through the grill.
2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) 14 Benjamin's passage as a sailor before the mast..is, in part, the mere account of a young man learning the ropes.
P2. to nail one's colours to the mast: see nail v. Phrases 1.
P3. to spring a mast: see spring v.1 9b(b).
P4. to step a mast: see step v. 11.
P5. dolphin of the mast: see dolphin n. 6b(a).

Compounds

Chiefly Nautical.
C1.
a. General attributive.
mast-pole n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast
masteOE
pole?c1450
shipmast1495
mast-pole1601
pine1769
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 511 That Mast-poles comming thereof should be able to beare saile in wind and weather.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 89 A sort of Mast-Pole Forty Four Foot high, with a Ten Foot Crane at the Top.
1849 W. N. Brady Kedge-anchor 312 (table) Fore Top-gallant Mast pole..[Length]20 [ft].
1942 J. Masefield Generation Risen 30 Inside a circus tent..with mast-poles creaking.
2007 A. Konstam Scourge of Seas Gloss. 229 The fore-and-aft sail abaft her mainmast was set on a separate mast pole (a ‘trysail mast’) attached immediately behind the mainmast.
mast-top n.
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1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. xi. §iv. 281 Parts of vessels..fixed and upright; or the upper parts of these, round and prominent: Mast-Top, Boul.
1797 J. Arnold Shipwreck i. v. 25 Hush winds and billows upon the mast top, When the wind blows the sailor must stop.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems Frag. v Where yon lucent mast-top [L. carchesia], a cup of silver, arises.
b. Objective.
mast-maker n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > one who fits out > mast-maker
mast-maker1666
1358 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 32 (MED) Mastmaker.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 10 Aug. (1972) VII. 242 Mr. Woods son, the Mastmaker.
1835 in F. G. Emmison Wills at Chelmsford (1969) III. 232 Joshua Nalborough, mastmaker, Harwich.
1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 35 These [axes] vary according to trades: coachmaker's, wheelwright's, shipwright's, mast-maker's [etc.].
mast-making n.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 13 The practice of mastmaking.
1991 Independent (Nexis) 13 Dec. 30 He has put together a group of companies which includes some of the world's best in carbon-fibre technology, mast-making, electronics and deck hardware.
c. Instrumental.
mast-thronged adj.
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1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 57 Tax and toll, From many an inland town and haven large, Mast-thronged.
d. Similative.
mast-great adj. and adv.
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1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. xvii. 42 Mast great the speare was which the gallant bore.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. vii. 172 From billows roaring, rush on the bruised vessel! Totters her hollow bilge of beams and boards. Some, mast-great serpents, thresh the boiling deep.
mast-high adj. and adv.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific
waist high1600
knee-high1742
mast-high1798
shoulder-high1837
horse-high1859
thigh-high1893
stride-high1906
treetop1945
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 8 Ice mast-high came floating by.
1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) iv. ii. 124 He saw a heron come flying mast-high.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 19 The squadron..has specialised in mast-high strikes against enemy shipping.
C2.
† mast-buoy n. Obsolete a buoy carrying a mast; = spar-buoy n. at spar n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > other types of buoy
can-buoy1626
mast-buoy1675
nun buoy1703
breakwater1769
under-buoy1793
light buoy1822
bell-buoy1838
spar-buoy1860
gas buoy1865
whistling buoy1880
puppy1890
singing-buoy1894
gas float1895
1675 London Gaz. No. 1005/4 A Mast-Buoy to be laid on the West-side of a dangerous Rock.
† mast-cloth n. Obsolete (a) a piece of bunting placed on a mast for decoration; (b) = mast-lining n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > decorative cloths
mast-cloth1600
waist-cloth1615
1600 Court Rec. 26 Sept. in H. Stevens Dawn Brit. Trade E. Indies (1886) 17 1 mizen course and bonnett, hir ownings fore and afte and hir mast clothes.
1642 King Charles I Declar. 12 Aug. 21 Lighters, and Long-boats..dressed up with Mastclothes and Streamers.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 88 Mast-cloth, the lining in the middle on the aft side of the topsails, to prevent the sail being chafed by the mast.
† mast-coat n. Obsolete a canvas covering or oakum packing around the foot of a mast to prevent water entering the mast-hole.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 88 170 Mast-coats, coverings made of well tarred canvas to prevent the water going down the mast-hole.
† mast-dock n. Obsolete (a) a large mast pond; (b) a dock in which ships are fitted with masts.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > parts of shipyard or dockyard
mast-dock?1686
rigging loft1726
fitting-shop1840
camber1885
shaping-shop1890
fitting-out basin1909
?1686 J. Evelyn Let. in C. Marburg Mr. Pepys & Mr. Evelyn (1935) 140 I consent that Workemen etc may at all times have recourse to ye Mast-docks.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2162/4 The Crown and the St. Anthony,..each lying in the Mast-Dock at Deptford.
† mast fleet n. U.S. Obsolete a fleet of mast ships.
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1696 S. Sewall Diary 23 July (1973) I. 353 The Captain..informs us that twas the Mast-Fleet from Engl'd.
1760 J. Rowe Let. 14 Sept. in Lett. & Diary (1903) 369 There is a Convoy appointed for the mast fleet which will be here in this month.
mast foot n. Windsurfing a device connecting a sailboard to the lower end of its mast, containing a universal joint which allows the mast to be turned in all directions.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > parts of
rail1962
skeg1962
stringer1962
rocker1963
spoon1963
leg rope1975
mast foot1976
1976 B. Webb tr. V. Mares & R. Winkler Windsurfing i. 37/2 As soon as you are under way, take your front foot just aft of the mast foot, and brace your leg against the foot of the mast.
1998 Boards May 8/2 Snapping his mastfoot in the process finished it off nicely.
mast-hole n. a hole in a ship's deck (incorporated when the deck is built and not made later), which accommodates a mast.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 88 Mast-coats, coverings made of well tarred canvas to prevent the water going down the mast-hole.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Mast-holes, the apertures in the deck-partners for stepping the masts.
mast-hoop n. a hoop which binds together the timbers of a made mast.
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1857 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 13 Feb. 204/1 Improvements in..mast-hoops, jib hanks, and jib and other travellers.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 48 Storm trysails..[have] cringles stuck in the mast..instead of the grommets worked in the sail to seize it to the mast-hoops.
1935 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ tr. A. MacDonald Birlinn of Clanranald 9 Bless our mast-hoops and our sail-yards And our masts and all our ropes.
mast-house n. a building in a dockyard in which masts are made and stored.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > place where masts are made or stored
mast-yard1766
mast-house1771
mast pond1780
spar shed1883
1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 132 A fire..in the dock-yard..communicated itself..to the little mast-house.
1857 Rep. Deputy Dir. Works (Mss 286, Royal Naval Mus. Portsmouth) 8 Jan. in P. MacDougall Chatham Dockyard, 1815–65 (2009) ii. 90 There is not a mast-house in the service that is properly adapted to the duties of mast-making.
1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach ii. x. 146 You can see a bit of the big masthouse behind it.
mast leech n. rare the border or edge of a sail which adjoins the mast.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > side next to mast
luff1513
mast leech1794
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 88 The curve on the mast-leech of some fore and aft sails.
1847 R. Kipping Elements Sailmaking Gloss. 157 The foremost leeches of stay sails, mast leech of boom sails, and drop of topsails to the lower yards, when their own yard is hoisted to the hounds.
mast-lining n. a protective lining on a sail.
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1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 53 Q. What is the mast-lining? A. An extra part of canvas on the after part of the topsail, to take the chafe of the topmast and cap.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 154/2 Such pieces as mast-lining clew and head, tack, and corner pieces.
mast-partners n. rare structural timbers on or below deck, which support a mast-hole.
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1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) Mast-partners, pieces of timber let in between two of the beams to form a framing for the support of a vessel's masts.
mast-pocket n. rare a socket for the mast of a derrick-crane.
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1884 Car-Builder's Dict. (rev. ed.) 115/1 Mast-pocket,..a heavy casting under the [wrecking] car supported by a derrick truss-rod serving as a socket for supporting the mast of a derrick to hold it upright.
mast pond n. an enclosed piece of salt water in a dockyard, in which masts are stored.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > place where masts are made or stored
mast-yard1766
mast-house1771
mast pond1780
spar shed1883
1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) App. Fosse aux mâts, a mast-pond, or place where the masts are kept afloat in salt water, in a dockyard.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxviii. 277 Our ship laid at the wharf, off the mast pond.
1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach ii. x. 146 You can't see the mast pond and spar canal.
mast-room n. now rare = mast-hole n.; (also) the space, or any of the spaces, round a mast in a mast-hole.
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1802 in Naval Docs. U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (1940) II. 33 He [sc. the sailing master] is to give his directions in stowing the hold for the mast-room.
1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 117 Large carlings which are placed at the sides of the mast-rooms.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 131 Mast-rooms, the spaces between those beams where the masts are to be fixed.
1918 F. F. Pease Mod. Shipbuilding Terms 56 Mast room, the space round a mast between the mast beams.
mast rope n. a rope passing through a sheave in the head of a topmast, used for raising and lowering upper masts.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for raising or lowering topmast
mast rope1841
OE Exodus 82 Swa þa mæstrapas men ne cuðon, ne ða seglrode geseon meahton, eorðbuende ealle cræfte, hu afæstnod wæs feldhusa mæst.
c1330 Short Metrical Chron. (Auch.) 1948 in PMLA (1931) 46 140 He smot her mast ropes atvo.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 21 To send up a Topmast... Lash a top-block to the head of the lower-mast; reeve a mast-rope through it [etc.].
1862 Sci. Amer. 2 Aug. 77/1 The mast-rope, p, the mast downhaul, q, and the step.
1998 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 27 June 6 Then add mast ropes, running each one between screw eyes at deck level.
mast ship n. a ship carrying a store of masts.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying other cargoes
stone-boatc1336
ballast boat1665
mast ship1666
luggage-boat1720
hide-drogher1841
oil ship1851
blubber-boat1884
slate-galiot1887
nitre ship1896
treasure-galleon1898
treasure-ship1900
1666 S. Pepys Diary 29 Nov. (1972) VII. 390 Some..do fright us with the King of Sweden's seizing our mast-ships at Gottenburgh.
1760 W. Douglass Brit. Settlem. N. Amer. II. 54 The mast ships built peculiarly for that use..carry from forty-five to fifty good masts per voyage.
1970 S. Trueman Intimate Hist. New Brunswick ix. 119 Especially designed ‘mast ships’ carried the big timbers to England.
mast-step n. = step n.1 16.
ΚΠ
1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) Mast-step.
1891 O. Wilde Intentions 106 Odysseus..bound by tight cords to the mast-step.
1982 M. Rule Mary Rose ii. 41 During these operations the mainmast was torn out of the mast-step.
mast tree n. any of various tall, erect trees, esp. those formerly used to make ships' masts; spec. †(a) the silver fir, Abies alba (obsolete); (b) a tree of southern India and Sri Lanka, Polyalthia longifolia (family Annonaceae); (c) the poon tree, Calophyllum inophyllum.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > names applied to various species of trees or shrubs > [noun]
purslanec1400
mast tree1597
laburnum1693
whitebark1700
jatropha1754
quince1794
honey bush1813
snake-wood1832
ake1835
akeake1841
fire tree1851
flame-tree1866
subtree1878
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > fir-tree
spurch1295
firc1381
fir-treea1382
mast tree1597
white fir1605
Scotch fir1673
silver fir1707
Scotchman1807
fir balsam1810
Alpine fir1819
deal treea1825
pinsapo1839
fir-pine1843
red fir1852
grand fir1874
mountain balsam1878
Shasta fir1897
Santa Lucia fir1905
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian
mahua1610
jambee1704
hinoki1727
sugi1727
meranti1783
merbau1783
sal1789
sundri1799
calamander1804
sissoo1810
toon1810
looking-glass tree1822
East India mahogany1829
pyinkado1832
dhamnoo1834
haldu1836
jelutong1836
zelkova1836
cryptomeria1838
kempas1839
shisham1849
jarul1850
Japan cedar1852
mast tree1862
keyaki1863
petwood1866
alstonia1867
Malacca cane1874
Japanese cedar1880
mowra1883
seraya1893
o-matsu1916
dhaman1923
sepetir1927
kapur1935
mengkulang1940
ramin1953
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1182 Abies:..in English Firre tree, Mast tree, and Deale tree.
1862 E. Balfour Timber Trees India (ed. 2) 127 Guatteria longifolia..Mast tree.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 405/1 The extensive forests [of Borneo]..produce..sago palm, and the mast (Calophyllum) and camphor trees (Drabalonops).
1986 P. V. Bole & Y. Vaghani Field Guide Common Trees India 81 Mast tree, Polyalthia longifolia... A tall, evergreen tree about 20–25m high. Trunk straight.
mastwood n. any of several Caribbean trees used for timber; spec. (a) (in full yellow mastwood), Zanthoxylum coriaceum (family Rutaceae); (b) Catalpa longissima (family Bignoniaceae); (c) bully mastic, Sideroxylon foetidissimum.
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1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785/2 Mastwood, yellow: Tobinia coriacea.
1909 W. Indian Bull. 9 316 Yokewood, Mast-wood, French Oak, Spanish Oak.
1941 C. Swabey Principal Timbers Jamaica 33 Yokewood—(French Oak, Mast Wood, Jamaica Oak)... Grows in the dry coastal plains.
1998 S. Carrington Wild Plants E. Caribbean 72/2 Sideroxylon foetidissimum..mast wood... Value as a timber led to its virtual extinction in Barbados.

Derivatives

ˈmast-like adj. and adv.
ΚΠ
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 57 Their cluster'd dates the mast-like palms unfold.
1859 G. W. Thornbury in Househ. Words 22 Jan. 187/2 The Giralda, which, mast-like.., rises from the brown-burnt sea of roofs.
1999 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 24 May a1 The siblings hoist a tall, square, mast-like pole and run up a wind-tattered American flag.
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mastn.2

Brit. /mɑːst/, /mast/, U.S. /mæst/
Forms:

α. Old English–early Middle English mæst, Middle English–1700s maste, Middle English– mast.

β. 1600s maske, 1800s– mask (English regional).

γ. English regional 1700s–1800s mass, 1800s– maas, 1800s– mace, 1800s– mess.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch mast , maest , Old Saxon mast- (in mastfugul fattened bird; Middle Low German mast ), Old High German mast (Middle High German mast , German Mast ) feeding, fattening, mast, and probably further with Sanskrit medas , Pali meda- fat, Avestan azdya- well-nourished, fat, probably ultimately < an extended form of the Indo-European base of meat n.The β. forms may be due to dissimilation of final -st to -sk , although this appears to be unparalleled in English. The γ. forms are due to the frequently nonstandard assimilation of final -t after -s- (see T n.). Eng. Dial. Dict. records β. forms from Shropshire, Wiltshire, and Devon, and γ. forms from the same counties plus Somerset. Surv. Eng. Dial. records a β form from Somerset, and γ forms from Somerset and Devon, with the sense ‘acorn’. It is uncertain whether (probably ultimately cognate) Old Cornish mesenn (plural), attested as a gloss to Latin glans acorn, may have influenced the isolated west Devon form mess.
1.
a. The fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other woodland trees, esp. when fallen and used as food for pigs, etc. Also in extended use and (rarely) in plural. Also (in early use): †pasture for pigs (obsolete).Frequently with distinguishing word, as beech, oak, pine mast, etc.: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pig fodder > mast
mastOE
buck-masta1425
acornc1425
pannage?c1425
beech-applec1450
mastage1532
beech-mast1577
buck1664
pawn1664
ovest1866
α.
OE Settlement of Dispute at Sinton in Leigh, Worcs. (Sawyer 1437) (transcript of lost MS) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 8 Ðrim hunde swina mæst.
OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxlviii. 9 Micle beamas, þa þe mæst and wæstm mannum bringað.
lOE Writ of Edward the Confessor (Sawyer 1121) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 344 Þæt land æt Cealchylle & ealc þare þinga, þe þær to mid rihte geburað, mid lande & mid loge, mid wude & mid felde,..mid mæste & mid æuesan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10610 Al wæs þe king abolȝen, swa bið þe wilde bar. þenne he i þan mæste [c1300 Otho maste] monie [swin] imeteð.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 125v A cherle..fedinge his swyne wiþ mast & akornus [L. glandibus].
?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer Former Age (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1878) 7 They eten mast, hawes, and swich pounage.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng viii. f. 8 Whanne there is any mast growyng in ye lordes wodes.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. H.iv For hunger, sloes hath ben my foode, and mast on trees I found.
1615 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 272 I stand like a tree, which once a year beares, though no fruit, yet this Mast of children.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 421 The Oakes beare Mast, the Briars Scarlet Heps. View more context for this quotation
1648 S. Danforth Almanack 10 That heaps of Wheat, Pork, Bisket, Beef & Beer, Masts, Pipe-staves, Fish should store both farre & neer.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 49 Bacchus and fost'ring Ceres, Pow'rs Divine, Who gave us Corn for Mast, for Water Wine. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. v. 66 Acorns, Dates, Chesnuts, and other Maste..whereof these Animals are fondest.
1823 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 277 The swine-herd, Ho-ti, having gone out into the woods..to collect mast for his hogs.
1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. iii. 977 (heading) Trees and Shrubs bearing Nuts, Acorns, Masts, Keys, etc.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 161 Circe flung them acorns and mast and fruit of the cornel tree.
1902 W. Canton Comrades 124 The stark forester's lass plucking mast in a tree—And hairy and brown as a squirrel is she!
1987 Nat. World Winter 16/3 In the autumn pigs (sadly few nowadays) are still turned out on the mast.
β. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 147 Like Hogs, eating up the Maske, not looking up to the hand that shaketh it downe.1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Mask..Mass, acorns; mast.1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 37 Masks, Masts, acorns, fruit of Quercus Robur L.γ. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Mass, acorns. (Mast.) Exm.1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 54 Mace, acorns.1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Mace Mast... Acorns; beech-nuts.
†b. to put (also set) (out) to mast: to set (pigs, etc.) to feed on mast. at mast: feeding on mast. Obsolete.
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?1577 Misogonus iii. i, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 221 How now my mosters did none of yow see my sondid sowe..when I sett hir out to mast woude I had put hir to my pesse mowe.
1612 J. Moore Target for Tillage 22 Like to Bores in the franke, & swine at mast.
1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry xvii. 158 Now put your swine to mast.
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 51 We were..sent..To fetch a Sow that lies at Mast.
†2. In extended use: rich or fattening food. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > luxurious food
mast1585
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. x. 157 He..feedeth still vpon his mast, and blesseth himselfe when hee waxeth fat.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 v There is no mast like a Merchaunts table.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive.
† mast time n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. A.iiiiv At Mihelmas, mast would be loked vpon: and lay to get some, or the mast time be gon.
1682 S. Wilson Acct. Province Carolina 14 In the Mast time they are very fat.
b. Objective.
(a)
† mast-bearer n. Obsolete
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree > tree yielding mast
mast-tree1577
mast-bearer1664
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 109 Where a single Tree is observ'd to be..a constant, and plentiful Mast-bearer.
(b)
mast-bearing adj.
ΚΠ
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 92 Woods of mast-bearing trees.
?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 98 Forest,..spacious, mast-bearing, dreadful.
1875 Overland Monthly Apr. 308/1 The aborigines drew their supplies from wide areas of mast-bearing forest.
C2.
mast-fed adj. fed on mast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fed > fed in specific way
pen-fedc1400
stall-feda1555
mast-fed1566
grass-fed1575
bean-fed1590
soiled1608
corn-fed1787
summered1804
pair-fed1951
zero-grazed1958
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gviijv Maste fedde bores.
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 284 Much the larger share of this, is..made of mast-fed and still-fed hogs.
1952 K. Rexroth Dragon & Unicorn 77 A fine Umbrian ham, mast fed, Flesh like the game of Artemis.
† mast-tree n. [defined as ‘cork-tree’ in Imperial Dict. (rev. ed., 1882), perhaps after the Old English gloss ‘suberies, mæstentriow’ in the Antwerp Gloss., reproduced in W. Somner Dict. Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum (1659) and T. Wright Vocabularies (1857)] Obsolete a tree which yields mast.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree > tree yielding mast
mast-tree1577
mast-bearer1664
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 101 The Mast trees [L. glandiferas], and suche as serue for Tymber.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 166 The Beech is also a mast-tree.
† mastwort n. Obsolete rare (J. Lindley's name for) a plant of the former family Corylaceae, in which Lindley included the Fagaceae.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > beech or beeches > [noun]
American beecha800
beecha800
beech-treec1450
weeping beech1606
red beech1789
southern beech1839
copper-beech1846
mastwort1846
red beech1882
Negrohead beech1884
stone-beech1884
mountain beech1886
Nothofagus1896
Southland beech1918
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 290 Corylaceæ—Mastworts.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 199/1 Carpinus. Hornbeam... Nat. ord., Mastworts [Corylaceae].
mast year n. a year in which woodland trees produce a good crop of mast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest > good harvest or crop
foison1587
mast year1743
masting1760
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Nov. ix. 89 Under these Trees, the Hogs generally get Pork in a Maste-Year.
1760 W. Douglass Brit. Settlem. N. Amer. II. 375 Anno 1733, a good mast year, one man..salted up three thousand barrels of pork.
1850 Ladies' Repository Apr. 112/2 If it is what is called ‘mast-year’—that is, when the woods abound in nuts, acorns, etc.—these animals..will display evidence of good living.
1989 Forestry 62 357 ‘Mast’ years occur irregularly at present.
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† mastn.3

Forms: late Middle English–1800s mast, 1500s maste.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mass n.2
Etymology: Variant of mass n.2 with excrescent -t (see T n.). Compare post-classical Latin mastum measure of weight (1509 in a British source).
Obsolete.
1. A mass (of something).
ΚΠ
a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) 3493 He..brouȝt wt hym of wax a mast.
1502 Will of Henry Somer (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 108v A mast of corall weyng vjli skant.
1522 R. Langton Pilgrimage (1924) 27 Also ye maste of stone under ye auter of the chyrche wherein is the measure of his fote.
2. A measure of weight used chiefly for amber and precious metals, by the late 17th cent. defined as equal to 2.5 pounds troy (approx. 0.93 kg).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > specific troy units
troy ounce1390
troy pound1390
unicorn1506
mast1545
carat1552
1545 Rates Custome House sig. aij Ambre the maste x.s. Corall the mast xx.s.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 73 Troy Weight hath seldom any greater denomination than the pound, yet sometime 2½ lb. thereof is called a Mast allowed for Amber and Gold and Silver Thread.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mast of Amber, the quantity of Two Pounds and a half Weight.
1820 2nd Rep. Comm. Weights & Measures 24 in Parl. Papers VII. 473 Mast, of amber, or of cullen gold and silver, 2½ lb.
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† mastn.4

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: master n.1
Etymology: Shortened < master n.1 Perhaps simply a graphic abbreviation, although compare Mas' n.1
Obsolete. rare.
As a form of address: master.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman
masterlOE
Danc1330
gentleman1416
denc1425
mastership1438
mister1523
maship1526
mast?1548
esquire1552
masterdom1575
squire1645
gentlemanship1653
Mus'1875
?1548 L. Shepherd John Bon 2 Nowe good morowe mast parson.
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† mastn.5

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French masse.
Etymology: < French masse mace n.2, with excrescent -t , perhaps after mast n.1 (although compare also mast n.3).
Billiards. Obsolete.
A heavy wooden cue, the broad end of which is used for hitting the ball. Cf. mace n.2 3a.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > cue
billiard-stick1588
stick1611
tack1688
mace1727
mast1731
cue1749
billiard-mace1785
long butt1846
quarter butt1869
half-butt1896
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 268 The Capt. gave the Boy a blow on the head with his Billiard Mast.
1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester (ed. 5) iii. 73 Of Billiards. There is belonging to the Table an Ivory Port,..two small Ivory Balls and two Sticks (called Masts)... The Masts are made of..weighty Wood, which at the broad End are tipped with Ivory.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 221 A billiard mast Well does the work of his [sc. Time's] destructive scythe.
1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 4 Maces (called ‘masts’) only were used, made of lignum vitæ or some other weighty wood.
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mastn.6

Brit. /mɑːst/, /mast/, U.S. /mæst/
Origin: A borrowing from Persian. Etymon: Persian māst.
Etymology: < Persian māst yogurt, cognate with Khotanese māsta coagulated, Baluchi mastaγ , probably < the Indo-European base of Sanskrit mastu sour cream, Armenian macun sour milk. Connection with mast n.2 is dubious.
A kind of yogurt made in Iran and other parts of the Middle East.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > sour milk
whig1528
sourkitc1550
serate1600
tyre1613
oxygal1707
mast1819
slip-down1828
amasi1833
maas1882
1819 W. Ouseley Trav. East I. vi. 268 Here also was abundance of mâst,..coagulated milk or clotted cream, slightly sour, which when diluted with water forms áb i dúgh..a beverage in warm weather equally grateful and salubrious.
1933 Discovery Sept. 284/1 I was given mast or sour milk [in Persia].
1963 Times 6 Feb. 12/6 Quantities of tea served in glasses and drunk, at any rate by the Iranians, with lots and lots of sugar and the local yoghourt, known as mast.
1968 C. Roden Bk. Middle Eastern Food 60 Yoghourt is an essential part of the Middle Eastern diet... In Iran today it is known as mâst.
1999 Maine Sunday Telegram 1 Aug. g5/6 Persian Mast..1 cup plain yogurt. 3 sprigs of fresh mint, chopped [etc.].
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† mastv.1

Forms: Old English mæstan, late Old English mestan, Middle English mest, Middle English meyst, Middle English–1600s mast.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with West Frisian mēste , meste , Middle Dutch mesten , meesten (Dutch mesten ), Middle Low German mesten , Old High German masten , mesten (also gimasten , gimesten ; Middle High German masten , mesten , German mästen ) < a verbal derivative of the Germanic base of mast n.219th cent. glossaries of southern English regional use record an intransitive verb mask or mace in the sense ‘to search for or collect acorns’; compare variant forms s.v. mast n.2
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To feed (animals) on mast; to fatten.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
frankc1440
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
adipate1623
saginate1623
batten1638
to stall to1764
tallow1765
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
force1847
to feed off1852
steam1947
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
forcea1571
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
saginate1623
to stall to1764
tallow1765
stall-feed1766
graze1787
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
to feed off1852
steam1947
eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 105/1 Saginabant, mæstun.
OE Will of Ælfhelm (Sawyer 1487) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 30 Ic wylle þæt man mæste minum wiue twa hund swyna, þænne þær mæsten sy.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 151 (MED) Fat fowle, or beste, mestyde [?a1475 Winch. mestyd] to be slayne.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 329 Mastyn beestys, sagino.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 334 (MED) Meysten [?a1475 Winch. mestyn], idem quod mastyn.
2. transitive (reflexive). To eat gluttonously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)] > feed (oneself) to excess
over-quatc1275
glutc1315
fill1340
stuffa1400
aglutc1400
agroten1440
grotenc1440
ingrotenc1440
sorporrc1440
replenisha1450
pegc1450
quatc1450
overgorgea1475
gorge1486
burst1530
cloy1530
saturate1538
enfarce1543
mast?1550
engluta1568
gull1582
ingurgitate1583
stall1583
forage1593
paunch1597
upbray1598
upbraid1599
surfeitc1600
surcharge1603
gormandize1604
overfeed1609
farcinate1634
repletiate1638
stodge1854
?1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joye sig. D.v The beneficed men..mastinge them selues lyke hogges of Epicurus flocke.
1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 613 Those greedy gully-guts, that..mast themselves like hogs.
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mastv.2

Brit. /mɑːst/, /mast/, U.S. /mæst/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mast n.1
Etymology: < mast n.1 Compare Old French master (c1195; French mâter).
Now chiefly poetic.
transitive. To provide or equip (a ship) with a mast or masts.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > furnish with masts
mast1512
1512–13 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 472 To him for that day that the schip was mastit, for all folkis iiij li.
1602 E. Hayes in J. Brereton Briefe Relation Discouerie Virginia 23 All these countreys do yeeld..Cedars, Pines, Firre trees and Oaks, to build, mast, and yeard ships.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 15 When a ship is built, she should be masted.
1682 S. Wilson Acct. Province Carolina 12 Pynes big enough to Mast the greatest Ships.
1705 London Gaz. No. 4117/4 Directions to Build, Rigg, Yard, and Mast any Ship.
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 903 Engines for masting ships.
1856 T. Guthrie Gospel in Ezek. 319 Here is a noble ship... The forests have masted her.
1979 B. Jones in PN Rev. 11 22/2 Lop the best trees to mast the ships as the gods lopped Troy!
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mastv.3

Brit. /mɑːst/, /mast/, U.S. /mæst/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle masted, mast;
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: mash v.1; mask v.3
Etymology: Probably a variant of either mash v.1 (arising from reanalysis of past tense forms) or mask v.3 (perhaps arising from reanalysis of past tense forms showing assimilatory loss of k).
English regional (north-eastern).
intransitive. Of tea: to brew or infuse. Also occasionally transitive: to brew (tea). Cf. mash v.1 7 and mask v.3 2.
ΚΠ
1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 553 Q[uestion]. When you pour the boiling water onto the leaves into the tea-pot, what do you say you do?..[Durham] mast.
1977 G. Todd Geordie Words & Phrases 29 Haad on, the tea's not mast.
2011 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 27 Aug. a28 You make weak tea coz you don't let it Mast.
2014 @teabetty53 14 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I call that mashing or masting the tea.
2015 @_samlawson 4 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Using two teabags because I'm just too fucking busy to wait for the tea to mast.
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